Cigar-tip cutter.



E. DIJHINBUSGH.l

GIGAR TIP CUTTER. APPLIoATIoN FILED ooT.a1, isos.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

INVENTOR ATToRNEY UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

To all whom it may concern.'

.Be it known that I, ERN Es'r OLDENUsoi-r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciieation.

My invention comprises a cigar tip cutter which may be worn as a watch fob and is adapted to be used as an advertising device or souvenir.

A preferred form of the device is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a back elevation; Fig. 3 is also a back elevation with the cutting blade drawn out; Fie. 4c is a vertical section on an enlarged sca e on the line 4 4, (Fig. 1), and Fie'. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5, Fig.

Similar reference characters are employed to denote corresponding parts in all the views.

The device consists of three parts, the body 1, the cutting knife 2 and the knife guide 3. The body 1, as shown is provided With a loop 5 of suitable shape to receive a ribbon 6 or other desired suspendin means. The body 1 may be of anyfdesirec shape, and is provided with a surface 7 to receive any desired ornamental or advertising design. In the body 1, is formed a cigar tip opening 8. The knife 2, is provided with a cutting edge 9, and is mounted to slide in the guide 3, which is secured to the back of the body 1, by brazing or otherwise. A lug 10 :is formed on the back of the uide 3, and projects into a slot 11, formed in the blade 2, serving as a stop to limit the outward movement of the blade. At its lower end, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 31, 1908.

Patented Jan. 4, .1.910.

Serial No. 460,416.

blade 2 is bent back upon itself to form a lip 12, which is grasped between the thumb and iinger of the operator when the blade is pushed in to operate the device. The lip 12 is offset sufficiently from the blade to ride over the body 1, (as shown in Fig. L1), and may be bent slightly toward the body to cause the lip to engage the face of the body with sufficient force to retain the blade in its closed position, thus overcoming the tendency of the blade to drop by gravity, especially after the parts of the device become worn. The lip 12 also affords a convenient handle for the blade, presenting a finished appearance and also permitting considerable pressure to be exerted by the operator without bending the lip against the blade.

The operation of the device will now be apparent. When it is desired to cut the tip from a cigar, the blade is drawn out, (as shown in Fig. 2), the end of the cigar is inserted in the opening 8, the blade is pushed inwardly and the operation is completed.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a cigar tip cutter comprising a flat body provided with a surface adapted to receive an advertising design, a blade guide secured to the back of the body, a blade slidingly mounted in the guide, a stop to limit the outward movement of the blade, a cutting edge at one end of the blade and a lip at the opposite end of the blade, formed by reversely bending the blade so as to project over the face of the body and being adapted to engage therewith when the blade is moved outwardly, said lip also forming a finger piece and a stop to limit the inward movement of the blade.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCH. Witnesses:

GEORGE F. SEwAnD, NELSON H. STEWART. 

